Dzoser

This is a portrait done from "life" at the Egyptian museum in Cairo. It is the Pharaoh Dzoser, who built what was then the largest building in the world, and the first pyramid, the step pyramid at Saqarah. I first used a grey marker to block it in, then pencil, then some pastel, and finally some digital texturing. This is actually art of an art work. The original sculpture is amazing. 4500 years old, and weathered, yet still lifelike with subtle expressiveness. Some of the Pharaohs are depicted with a slight hint of a smile, a sign of contentment. The ancient Egyptians believed that as something is written or depicted, so it shall be. This sculpture is one of the masterpieces of all art history, I hope I did it some justice.